She later received a licentiate degree from Lund University in 1963 after writing a thesis on the potential for innovation in households.

[4] A course in nutrition at Stockholm University in 1936 led to her first job at Kooperativa Förbundet running a study on eating habits.

The study of the way homes are constructed is central to the field of Building Function Analysis Boalt would go on to pioneer.

[4] In the 1960s the newly formed Lunds Tekniska Högskola was seeking a chair in the novel field of Building Function Analysis.

[1] In 2022 politicians in Lund Municipality voted to name a road, Carin Boalts väg, after her on the Faculty of Engineering campus.